UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice

by Richard Jolly, Frédéric Lapeyre, Louis Emmerij, et al.

Book Overview

UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice is at once a history of the ideas and realities of international development, from the classical economists to the recent emphasis on human rights, and a history of the UN's role in shaping and implementing development paradigms over the last half century. The authors, all prominent in the field of development studies, argue that the UN's founding document, the UN Charter, is infused...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253216842
• ISBN13: 9780253216847
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher